The Wall Street Journal's college edition advises graduates to Google themselves and clean up their trail of Facebook, MySpace digital dirt before they hit the pavement looking for a job:

According to a 2005 survey of 102 executive recruiters by ExecuNet, an executive job-search and networking organization, 75% of recruiters use search engines to uncover information about candidates, and 26% of recruiters have eliminated candidates because of information found online.

What I like about this article is that it doesn't take the "stay off the Internet!" tact - it actually suggests starting your own blog or site to seed Google with what you want it to say about you. Great idea! See also: Have a say in what Google says about you. — Gina Trapani